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Education, Learning Cities and the Urban Big Data Centre

Colleagues in the Learning City Networks may be interested in some of the specific work currently being undertaken by the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) at the University of Glasgow in the field of Education.

Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and the Humanities

I have recently been alerted to this opportunity by Budd Hall: The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and the Humanities appears to me to be a welcome development.<--break-> In summary as the website says:

Random Reflections for the Month of September, 2014

Here is another round of random reflections for your perusal:

Research for All: Universities and Society – New Open Access journal to be launched in the UK

The National Coordinating Council for Public Engagement in Higher Education and the Institute of Education in the UK have proposed a new open access journal for all those who are concerned about using knowledge to make a democratic impact on society.

Random Reflections for the Month of August, 2014

Here is another round of it for your perusal:

Inauguration of Learning Cities Networks, a PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 project:

The Chairman of the PASCAL Governing Board, Dr Josef Konvitz, issued the following statement today on the inauguration of the new program of Learning Cities Networks, a PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 project:

Random Reflections for the Month of May, 2014

On the occasion of May Day, here is another set of random reflections for your perusal:

Learning Cities 2020 Workshop Series - Call for papers for the PASCAL workshop in Tampere 12-13 June

This is a reminder that there is still time to submit papers and to register for the Learning Cities 2020 Workshop in Tampere, Finland on 12-13 June 2014. You will find the call for papers for this PASCAL workshop entitled Cities learning together - public administration as a domain for smart solutions at this link.

Nextwork European Project Forum 2014

Nextwork is an important event aimed at developing international relations with the various protagonists of the EU grant-funded projects (academic and educational Institutions, Universities, companies, Public Authorities, associations and research centres).

A new Urban Big Data Research Centre (UBDRC) at the University of Glasgow

Today the UK Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, announced the release of £14 million to fund the second phase of the ESRC's investment in Big Data. At a speech at the High Performance Computing and Big Data Conference, Mr Willetts outlined what steps are being taken to strengthen the UK’s competitive advantage in Big Data.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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